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Mississippi Edition: Friday, September 11th

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Steve Earle/"Mississippi, It's Time"

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American Red Cross Reaches Out To Military Families

The American Red Cross assists about four hundred military families a day through its Emergency Communications Network. The system helps families send important news about life changing events to service men and women serving far from home. We spoke with Koby Langley -- Red Cross Senior Vice President for Services to the Armed Forces -- about a new online function of the Network and how it fits the longtime mission of the Red Cross.

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

More than one hundred ten thousand children in Mississippi, are being raised by grandparents according to the Pinebelt Association for Families. Often, the biological parents are drug abusers, have mental health issues or disabilities and can't take care of the children. MPB's Desare Frazier spoke with Tama McGill of Hattiesburg, who has been raising her eight-year-old granddaughter since the child was fifteen months old. McGill spoke about the hardships that come with raising her granddaughter -- and about the help she has gotten by exercising and making friends at the local YMCA.

"Mississippi, It's Time"

Singer/songwriter Steve Earle is a Grammy-winning country music artist from Texas who has been writing and performing since the 1970s. He's also no stranger to controversy and has used his songwriting skills to take on topical subjects for years. His latest song -- which drops today -- is a call for Mississippi to remove the Confederate battle emblem from its state flag. MPB's Sid Scott spoke with Earle about "Mississippi, It's Time."